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-Why do you think people hire children to do work for them instead of adults?

I think it all comes down to a few reasons. People hire kids instead of adults because they would have less pay and maybe even no pay at all, they have more energy and can probably they’re typically smaller which makes them more nimble and quick. For example masters in Pakistan rent or even buy kids from families who don’t have money. They make them work in factories and looms to make rags and other items of the same kind. Since they have smaller and more nimble fingers they can use the loom better than a normal adult can. Those kids are in horrible conditions, forced to work all day, squatting on a low benches tied while being chained to their loom. If they needed to use rest rooms they would be forced to do it on the spot because of the chains, they are severely underfed and always show fear toward their masters. In language Arts class were currently learning about these types of child slavery In the book Iqbal.